If the economic populists take over the democrats, I'm gone.
bye felicia
[To OP] I agree. I wouldn't be surprised if the 2018 midterms are a sh**tshow too. The thing is, progressives tend to be much more energized than establishment Dems. We have the momentum, and we will fight tooth-and-nail to get a progressive nominated, then either energetically or begrudgingly vote for whoever the eventual nominee is.
However, I think if we are to win, two things must happen:
1) Youth turnout in the primaries is very high
2) More minorities, specifically African-Americans, have to back progressives.
The second point is most dependent on who the establishment candidate is in 2020, and how the progressives tailor their messaging. So it makes perfect sense why the establishment wants to nominate candidate with major inroads into the minority community. Kamala Harris is the perfect fit, because she is not only half-black, but also half-Indian, female, and young. She colors in so many of those identity-politics bingo squares. A candidate like Kirsten Gillibrand would fare much worse in this regard, losing key support in the South. On the progressive side, issues such as education, public housing, and especially criminal justice reform will have to be at the forefront of discussion. Whoever the progressive candidate is will have to campaign relentlessly in the South in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday, maybe even flipping Arkansas or Louisiana in a Bernie-Michigan fashion.
